Paris on Film

I took an old medium format film camera with me to Paris this December and carried it for several of the days I was wandering about. While shooting with it was a much different experience than carrying a DSLR, it wasn't until the film was processed that the difference also showed greatly in the results.

The Eiffel Tower, viewed from the far end of the Champ de Mars.

View of the Jardins du Trocadéro from the Eiffel Tower's lower observation deck

View of the Jardins du Trocadéro from the Eiffel Tower's lower observation deck

The look and feel of the images, mostly on Ilford Delta 100 B&W film, harken back to the feel we'd expect of archival images from the 20s and 30s.

View of the Eiffel Tower from the gardens at the Louvre.

View of the Eiffel Tower from the gardens at the Louvre.

The roof of the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris.

The roof of the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris.

Statue at Square René Viviani

Statue at Square René Viviani

Detail on the statue at Square René Viviani

Detail on the statue at Square René Viviani

Update: Jan 21, 2017

A couple of the rolls of film I had sent off for processing had to be sent to a company called Boréalis in Montreal and were recently completed. These were Kodak Ektachrome 100 and required E6 processing. One roll was over mostly over-exposed, but this image, from my final day in Paris, turned out nicely. I had to wait about 10 minutes for a break in the traffic (cars & pedestrians). The people around me were quite polite, patient and accommodating while I was trying to get this shot.

The gates in front of the Palais de Justice de Paris

The gates in front of the Palais de Justice de Paris